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Spring Creek 1700N Bridge

Iroquois County, Illinois
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Photo taken Sept. 2006 by Tom Hall

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Overview
Lost through truss bridge over Spring Creek on 1700N Road
Location
Iroquois County, Illinois
Status
Replaced
History
Built 1898
Design
Pin-connected, 7-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 118.4 ft.
Total length: 120.3 ft.
Deck width: 16.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.4 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.75471, -87.89956   (decimal degrees)
40°45'17" N, 87°53'58" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/424065/4511916 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Gilman
Inventory numbers
IL 038-4038 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15328 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 11/2003)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 18.9 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2002)
129

Categories 

19th Century (3,817)
7-panel truss (246)
Built 1898 (160)
Built during 1890s (1,555)
Illinois (2,498)
Iroquois County, Illinois (40)
Lost (10,353)
Owned by township (1,813)
Pin-connected (1,519)
 Pratt through truss (3,162)
Pratt truss (5,654)
Replaced by new bridge (7,132)
Span length 100-125 feet (3,299)
Structurally deficient (16,676)
Through truss (9,201)
Total length 100-125 feet (3,632)
Truss (23,561)
Wooden deck (5,397)

Update Log 

  • January 31, 2009: Updated by Anthony Dillon
  • July 8, 2008: Updated by Kim Harvey: updated status on bridge
  • January 29, 2007: Posted photos from Tom Hall

Sources 

  • Tom Hall - thomas [dot] hall [at] ffni [dot] com
  • Kim Harvey
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
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Spring Creek 1700N Bridge
Posted July 8, 2008, by Tom Rainford (trainford308 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

This bridge was replaced by a new bridge.